Ivory and some types of bone are heavy and dense in weight, comparable to a similarly sized billiard ball. Foreign commerce is always prohibited for the following: To qualify for the de minimis exception, manufactured or handcrafted items must meet (i) or (ii) and (iii) - (vii) of the following criteria: (i)  If the item is located within the United States, the ivory was imported into the United States prior to January 18, 1990, or was imported into the United States under a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) pre-Convention certificate with no limitation on its commercial use; (vii)  The item was manufactured or handcrafted before July 6, 2016. C: It has not been repaired or modified with any such species after December 27, 1973; and. If you have Asian elephant ivory, you must be able to demonstrate that the ivory qualifies as an ESA. 12.26). You must obtain a valid CITES (re)export permit from the CITES Management Authority of the exporting country. 210, as a matter of enforcement discretion, items imported prior to September 22, 1982, and items created in the United States and never imported must comply with elements A, B, and C above, but not element D. To qualify for the de minimis exception, manufactured or handcrafted items must meet (i) or (ii) and (iii) - (vii) of the following criteria: (i)  If the item is located within the United States, the ivory was imported into the United States prior to January 18, 1990, or was imported into the United States under a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) pre-Convention certificate with no limitation on its commercial use; (ii)  If the item is located outside the United States, the ivory was removed from the wild prior to February 26, 1976; (iii)  The ivory is a fixed or integral component or components of a larger manufactured or handcrafted item and is not in its current form the primary source of the value of the item, that is, the ivory does not account for more than 50 % of the value of the item; (v)   The manufactured or handcrafted item is not made wholly or primarily of ivory, that is, the ivory component or components do not account for more than 50 % of the item by volume; (vi)  The total weight of the ivory component or components is less than 200 grams; and. Such holding or use and any subsequent holding or use was not in the course of a commercial activity. You can find contact information for CITES offices at the following website: http://cites.org/eng/cms/index.php/component/cp. To view examples of items that may meet de minimis criteria, click here. Contact the port you intend to use for more information.

If the item is an antique, it must enter through an endangered species “antique port”. $100.00. , you will be able to export it for sale. Oct. 6, 2017 Per Section 10 of the ESA and 50 CFR 17.22 import will only be authorized provided the activity is for scientific purposes or will enhance the survival of the species.